From C.H. Greenblatt, formerly a writer and storyboard artist on both Spongebob Squarepants and The Grim Adventures Of Billy And Mandy, comes this little crazy series inspired by food and Dr. Seuss.Set in Marzipan City, a odd place full of weird and wonderful creatures, and even weirder and more wonderful foods, the show tells the story of Chowder, a little fat lavender bear-cat-rabbit boy who is the apprentice of Mung Daal, chef and owner of his namesake catering company. Along with Shnitzel, the gigantic rock monster who works as a cleanernote Though Schnitzel is often there to help out Mung Daal with things that require someone other than Chowder to make, or to do things Mung himself is not strong enough to do and can only say "Radda" (though everyone still understands him), there's Truffles, Daal's fairy wife, they spend many crazy and wacky adventures together in the realm of cooking, while Chowder dreams of one day becoming a chef himself, though his eating habits might prove a problem...The series finale aired August 7, 2010. In it, Chowder holds a single note for twenty years. While he's singing, the characters around him are continuing with their lives without him there, and Chowder must find out how to become a master chef, and how to fix the people's lives which he has so heavily influenced. Everything in the show is resolved in this Grand Finale. Series creator C. H. Greenblatt guest stars as adult Chowder.The series returned through Cartoon Planet in 2012 as a part of Cartoon Network's 20th anniversary. As of March 2013, you can also find it on Netflix.Now with a recap and Shout Out page!
Chowder provides examples of:
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Tropes A-C
Absentee Actor: "The Apprentice Scouts" has the distinction of being the only episode Mung doesn't appear in.
Mung's absence is lampshaded in "A Faire to Remember", then subverted as he does appear just before the episode ends.
Parodied in one episode when Truffles pops up out of nowhere asking if she can help solve a problem and Chowder responds:
Chowder:No. You're not in this episode.
Abusive Parents: It's usually implied and/or outright stated that Gazpacho is emotionally and socially abused by his mother.
Ambiguously Gay: Ambiguously Bi, actually. Reuben, the pig that evaluates Mung and Endive for their "Certifrycate" re-certification, seems interested in Endive. In another episode, when he meets Shnitzel, he goes "You're tall." Not to mention all the swimsuit clad men on his boat.
Don't forget Mung Daal, who occasionally has Ho Yay moments with Shnitzel and crossdresses on multiple occasions.
Truffles: Why am I always catching you in tights?
Jeff the Tapeworm, who seems awfully attached to Chowder. No pun intended.
There was also the police officer Snow Leopard. Rawr.
An Aesop: The Veggie Guru's song contains one that is surprisingly not green, and also surprisingly powerful. It's intended for both children and adults. It says that in order for a child to be raised correctly, it needs to be both nurtured and disciplined, and uses the way plants grow as a metaphor. Mung Daal is the "gentle touch" and Truffles is the "firm hand". Unfortunately, it's broken at the end of the episode where Chowder ignores both Truffles and Mung Daal to fawn over Shnitzel, who "saved them". This was probably on purpose.
Angrish: It is heavily implied that Shnitzel's entire language is this.
Sorta confirmed, when Truffles got her voice changed, everyone was stress free and Schnitzel could talk. No one liked it, so he started speaking "Radda" again after about five seconds.
Anthropomorphic Food: About half of what they cook comes to life, and a lot of the ingredients are mobile fruit.
Arbitrary Skepticism: No matter how many horrible freak accidents he gets into, Mung refuses to believe that there's a real curse on the Chain Letter recipe he received.
Art Shift: Occurs during the climax of "Burple Nurples" where we see Chowder's face (still animated) with slightly greater detail, including being able to discern his fur (which otherwise appears undefined and uniformly solid over his body).
About Once an Episode, a scene will be done in claymation, and the (increasingly rarely seen) credit tag scenes are done with puppets.
As You Know: Lampshaded. After Chowder asks Mung several questions pertaining to the plot of the episode, Chowder asks him why he asks so many questions. Mung replies that it's the easiest way for their loyal fanbase to learn what's happening.
Chowder: (waving to the screen) Hi, loyal fanbase!
Ascended Extra: Gazpacho, who started out on the same level with Gorgonzola and Endive to appearing in virtually every episode, even for just a minute.
Author Avatar: Greenblatt appears in puppet form in "Shnitzel Quits" and "Endive's Dirty Secret".
Not to mention "Old Man Thyme", where he's dogpiled by a Wave Of Babies.
Beautiful All Along: Subverted with Todd from "Sheboodles!". Everyone (sans Endive) likes him and say that he's beautiful the way he is. Then Endive sticks him under a heat lamp to finish cooking and transforms him into a stud, which is his true form.
Bedouin Rescue Service: Gazpacho acts as one for Chowder and Scraps in "Chowder Grows Up".
Blackmail: One episode featured everyone (including Gazpacho's Mother in town blackmailing Miss Endive with an embarrassing picture of her eating toe jam with a fork which is disgusting because everyone else uses a spoon.
Blind Driving: One episode had a Mr Magoo-esque character driving across the city, with police giving chase, and crashing into Mung Daal's kitchen, mistaking it for his home.
Book Ends: Grumble Gum begins with Chowder eating a sample of grumble gum, hearing screams as he did so. The episode ends with Chowder eating another grumble gum like he did in the beginning... the difference that it's a Mind Screw of him eating everyone, including himself, after the Katamari scene.
Brick Joke: In "The Puckerberry Overlords" episode, Chowder ends up being sucked into his own mouth. After "Frank" captures him and takes him to Souron, Chowder eats a cherry and comments on how sour it is. A few moments later, it falls on Frank's head and knocks him to the floor.
Call a Rabbit a "Smeerp": They actually do this with food. Strangely enough, everything but their food is named after our foods. They seem to enjoy zig-zagging this trope...
At one point regular Bananas are mentioned, though this may have been a slip, or just an excuse to have a Banana Peel...
Calvinball: Apparently, if the rules in Field Tournament Style Up and Down On the Ground Manja Flanja Blanja Banja Ishka Bibble Babble Flabble Doma Roma Floma Boma Jingle Jangle Every Angle Bricka Bracka Flacka Stacka Two Ton Rerun Free for All Big Ball made sense, the whole game would literally be trashed.
Actually scoring a goal in Field Tournament Style Up and Down On the Ground Manja Flanja Blanja Banja Ishka Bibble Babble Flabble Doma Roma Floma Boma Jingle Jangle Every Angle Bricka Bracka Flacka Stacka Two Ton Rerun Free for All Big Ball will literally trash the game.
Wait...Field Tournament Style Up and Down On the Ground Manja WHAT?!?!
Car Meets House: In "Gazpacho!", Lemon drives a snail bus through the wall of an arboretum.
Catch Phrase: "A great chef needs a great mustache!" Also, there's an entire half-episode titled "The Catch Phrase", where Chowder adopts the slogan "WAZAM!" from the "Aluminum Chef".
Radda, radda!
"Hi, Chowder..." "I'm not your boyfriend!"
"Laaaadies~"
"Deekaloo, deekalee..."
And it was all parodied perfectly during "The Catch Phrase" when Gazpacho's is said to be "Come, sit, BUY MY BEANS!", something he has never said before.
He did say it in Panini for President, but without the "come, sit" part.
Mung has the tendency to shout "My kitchen! My beautiful kitchen!" whenever said kitchen is damaged and/or destroyed.
Chain of Deals: Chowder starts one in an effort to get his hat back. It doesn't work.
Comic Book Adaptation: DC Comics managed to put out three Chowder comics in Cartoon Network Block Party before it was discontinued in 2009.
Continuity Nod: When being interrogated by the police, Chowder breaks down and starts confessing to everything. After a brief time skip, he continues "-and the time my brain got big and I changed the show-"
Cool and Unusual Punishment: When someone filled Endive's pool with chocolate pudding, she demanded the culprits be "tickled mercilessly." In front of their children. Or burned at the stake. As long as it's in front of their children.
Couch Gag: There is always a different food in the oven during the theme song.
Demoted to Extra: Kimchi, Chowder's pet fart cloud swamp gas. Last had a major role in "My Big Fat Stinky Wedding." After that, he was only seen in his cage in Chowder's room.
Disproportionate Retribution: Gumbo, Mung's old apprentice, wanted revenge on him for saying his dish needed more of an ingredient. Seriously.
Does Not Like Men: Endive, whose hatred stems from being left behind at the altar by her then-boyfriend. (Though this doesn't stop her from smooching Shnitzel or forming a crush on him later ...)
And so Chowder and the tastebuds were led to what they believed to be certain doom. Well, maybe not certain doom; more like, doom with a strong possibility. Possibilidoom.
Dub Name Change: The Japanese dub changes Kimchi's name to Natto, a Japanese bean dish known for its foul smell.
An in universe example: after Paté performs "I'm Not Your Boyfriend" (a song written by Chowder to Panini), everybody is singing it to themselves. Sort of like a Theme Tune Cameo, except "I'm Not Your Boyfriend" isn't the theme song.
The Sing Beans' song is also a huge in universe Ear Worm. When the citizens start hearing it, it's contagious melody makes them sing it.
Early Installment Weirdness: The pilot episode had noticably different designs for the characters, Shnitzel in particular. Mung's voice was different, and Shnitzel was voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson instead.
The Eighties: The party in "Sheboodles!", complete with everyone dressing up as famous stars of that time. (Ex, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Boy George, etc)
Embarrassing Slide: In "The Heist", a puppet gives a lecture on how sugar sapphires are formed accompanied by a series of slides. The last one is a shot of a sexy Farmer's Daughter, and he excitedly tells them to stay on that slide.
Evil Sounds Deep: Chowder, after being possessed by the poultrygeist Florentine. Strangely, the voice of Florentine by himself was not deep, nor was his voice after he possessed the newly cooked flurkey.
Flanderization: Panini, as her crush on Chowder goes from being simply clingy in earlier episodes to downright obsessed with him in later ones.
Chowder himself doesn't fare much better either. In earlier episodes, he was simply a very eager yet rather naive child who hoped to someday become a great chef. Now, he's a hyperactive and highly incompetent idiot who is a danger to everyone around him.
This is especially evident when in one episode, he's so incompetent he's considered a "scatterbrain" and is so dim-witted he thinks a SPOON belongs in an electrical socket. Compare this to an earlier episode, in which Chowder's main flaw is a moderate case of ADD and is simply very naive.
Truffles has gone from being rather stern and more down-to-earth as well as talking pleasantly and quietly to the cutomers to being ridiculously bossy and having No Indoor Voice at all.
Remember in the earlier episodes when Mung Daal was simply known for his professional cooking skills and for being a good role-model for Chowder? Fast forward to more recent episodes where any mention of Mung Daal's cooking skills are almost non-existent (except for when his failures are pointed out) and he's near-constantly portrayed as something of a Small Name, Big Ego-esque pervert.
Endive went from simply being Muung's rival to deliberately tormenting Muung over the course of the series.
Shnitzel has gone from being the Straight Man (in contrast with the more wacky characters such as Chowder...) to being either the Chew Toy or the Butt Monkey depending on the episode.
Gag Boobs: Warden Frau Brotchen in Kid Shnitzel, who looked like she was trying to gag Shnitzel...
During the "Fireheart" song there's a short still of Chowder as a Conan-the-Barbarian-style pulp hero, and Panini with an Impossible Hourglass Figure. It's, uh...somethin' else, all right.
Gainaxing: Truffles at one point, the Warden in Kid Shnitzel, and ... Reuben.
Gasshole: Mr. Fugu, and Shnitzel in "The Blackout".
And Chowder, in "The Toots." Oddly enough, it makes a lovely song.
Actually, not just in "The Toots." Chowder's been a Gasshole ever since the show began airing. He belches loudly in almost every episode.
Genius Bruiser: Shnitzel is the most competent and the strongest of the main crew.
The Ghost: Gazpacho often talks about his mother, but she has yet to make an appearance.
She...kind of appeared in Gazpacho's Day in the Limelight episode. She appeared as a puppet once, and then a portion of her (that looked nothing like the puppet) was shown.
There was also that one episode where Endive was continuously blackmailed by EVERYONE; in the near-end of the episode Gazpacho's mother is also TECHNICALLY in the pool (He talks to his mother after getting thrown by a beach ball or something offscreen).
Gigantic Gulp: In "The Vacation," Chowder is seen drinking a literal "bottomless soda."
Gonk: Todd. Everyone (except Endive) still loved him though.
Halloween Episode: The episode "The Spookiest House in Marzipan". Let's see what they'll call the holiday...
Ironically, the holiday wasn't mentioned at all during the episode.
Hammerspace: Chowder himself, especially considering the amount of food and other random objects that he's able stuff down his gullet... and sometimes pull back out...
Happily Married: Believe it or not, Schnitzel and Endive are this at the end.
Also, Chowder and Panini are also this.
Hurricane of Puns: Chowder if full of these, mostly based on foods. It's even lampshaded in this exchange:
Chowder: It's even hotter in here! Why doesn't someone turn on the air-conditioner?
Truffles: Because we don't have air-conditioner, we have air-cornditioner! Cockamamie food puns!
Also subverted in a Puppet Segment where Shnitzel is seen petting a cat and saying "Yes you radda! Yes you radda!"
And Mr. Fugu's friend/pet, Foie Gras.
It's A Wonderful Plot: "Chowder Grows Up" features a variation, when Mung Daal shows Chowder what happened to the rest of the cast thanks to his refusal to grow up.
Jerkass: Reuben and Gorgonzola. In fairness, Gorgonzola's hostility stems from the fact that he's stuck being an apprentice for a job he hates. It's also hinted that his master emotionally abuses him.
Lethal Chef: Literally. In an early episode, Chowder accidentally adds rat poison to his Burple Nurple recipe. Since Mung doesn't want to crush his dreams, he's forced to try and get the Nurples away from Chowder by any means necessary. Including theft.
Let's Meet the Meat: Some of the dishes that Mung creates (like the giant roast), have eyes and mouths, appearing to be alive. Also, the Thrice Cream Man.
Played with in one episode had a "Queen Meach" surrounded by a squad of very aggressive soldier Meaches guarding her. Once the team explained they wanted to make her into a delicious pie, they were let through. The Meach Queen was still alive even after being made into a pie and eaten.
He might be a type of fey, his wife's a mushroom pixie, after all.
Long Title: Episode "Big Ball" is actually titled "Field Tournament Style Up and Down On the Ground Manja Flanja Blanja Banja Ishka Bibble Babble Flabble Doma Roma Floma Boma Jingle Jangle Every Angle Bricka Bracka Flacka Stacka Two Ton Rerun Free for All Big Ball".
Love Triangle: Marmalade loves Ceviché who loves Panini, who loves Chowder.
One episode implied that Endive might have a crush on Mung...
Medium Awareness: "Chowder, why does the music sound like it's gonna get all excited?" ...Then again, this show does have No Fourth Wall.
Medium Blending: The end credits feature puppet versions of the characters, which for some reason the Cartoon Network doesn't use. You can see what they look like Here and here. The show has also gone into puppet, claymation, and paper cutout mode, used animated sand in "The Lead Farfel", and had a CGI character in "The Deadly Maze". Not to mention stop motion food in the Idiosyncratic Wipes.
Cartoon Network in Scandinavia uses the end credit puppets, although not consistently.
Similarly, Gorgonzola is actually a cross between a rat and a hamster.
Marmalade is a mix between a frog and a pig.
Momma's Boy: Gazpacho. One episode really pointed out the obvious. Though he's also a slightly different version of the trope, in that he still runs a successful business.
Motive Decay: Chowder was Mung's apprentice because he wanted to be a great chef but in "Chowder Grows Up", he wanted to stay young and be Mung's apprentice forever.
Multiple-Choice Past: Inverted in the finale. After Adult Chowder marries Panini, Young Chowder suddenly shows up and, in utter rage and disgust, informs his future self that he rejects this future before being chased off by young Panini. True to this show's grasp of reality, the only reaction the adult versions of Chowder and Panini have toward this is to look longingly after their younger selves and remark how cute the two of them were as kids.
Gorgonzola's head shape implies that he has a huge brain. He's also portrayed as much more intelligent. Kinda...
My God, What Have I Done?: Chowder in aforementioned "Brain Grub". Chowder, after gaining Medium Awareness, turns the show into something smarter via sheer brainpower. Unfortunately, it also turns the show boring, prompting one of these reactions.
Never Say "Die": Averted, oddly. This is one of the few kids shows that cheerfully uses death for humor.
Definitely averted in "The Dinner Theater", where Chowder plotted to have Panini killed (when she was standing in front of him) just so he can catch the murderer in the act. Probably one of the rare Jerk Ass (and downright cruel) moment from the titular character.
The same episode, where he spent the entire episode in a panic because he thought someone else (specifically Gazpacho, who was playing the villain, but he wasn't sure at the time) was going to kill her, so he tried to figure it out because he was playing the detective? Sounds more like a very Cloud Cuckoolander investigation technique to me.
"The Prank" had Endive's prank going so far she accidentally killed Mung Daal and had to find a way to get rid of the evidence that Chowder ate. Though the trope's played straight here.
Nice Hat: Chowder's purple hat. A secondary character named Ancho takes pride in his own hat in "Chowder Loses His Hat."
Nitro Express: In "The Blast Raz", the gang have to deliver a crate of highly explosive and unstable blast raz fruit. Their route takes them over a pothole-filled road, across a storm-tossed lake and up the side of an active volcano.
And then there's Endive and Schnitzel in the finale.
No Fourth Wall: It couldn't be more blatantly obvious. One egregious example of Medium Awareness is when Chowder scribbles on the screen and then Gazpacho erases it. Chowder points to the CN logo at the bottom of the screen, asking if it will come off, to which Gazpacho says, "That doesn't come off, I've tried." Sadly, the third season seems to have rebuilt the fourth wall for the most part.
One even MORE egregious example is when the gang spends all of Truffles' money. Mung says now that they've run out, they aren't scared that Truffles will find out, they're scared because now there's isn't enough money for the animation. The scene then cuts to the voice actors (still voice acting) hosting a car wash to raise enough money to get the animation budget back.
"I'm going as fast as I can, woman! These things take time!" "We've only got 11 minutes..."
While in the Deadly Maze, Chowder flees a giant chicken and runs into a physical representation of his conscience.
Conscience: You have to go back and save Gumbo!
Chowder: Are you sure? 'Cause Gumbo said he wants to hurt Mung.
Conscience: Trust me, he'll never pull it off. The episode's not long enough.
Mung: "Worst of all, YOU MADE THE VIEWERS CRY!!!"
In "The Heist" after Endive demands money for all of the gems (under her estate) that was destroyed, Mung exclaims, "There won't be enough money left in the budget for the third season!" Followed by Chowder stating that he "had so many more jokes to tell".
If you don't get the joke, the third season isn't only the final season, but is also only 7 episodes compared to the 20 of the previous two.
In "The Garden" the very first lines spoken was Mung telling Chowder, "So anyway this is going to be the best episode ever, because I'm gonna show you where food comes from!"
"What's Chowder's favorite cartoon!? I bet it's Chowder!"
Chowder's stated reason for not wanting to grow up and stop being Mung's apprentice in the Series Finale is that the show is about him being an apprentice.
The Nudifier: In "The Birthday Suits", Mung's dish causes people's clothes to shrink till they burst (although it leaves their underwear intact).
Offscreen Moment of Awesome: (after being offscreen for eleven minutes) "MAN! That must have been the CRAZIEST episode we've ever had!"
Older Than They Look: Mung and Truffles have been married for several hundred years.
Only One Name: None of the characters seem to have last name at all (except perhaps Mung Daal).
And judging by how other characters address her, Miss Endive's first name is never revealed.
Only The Author Can Save Them Now: Done In-Universe and played for laughs in one episode where the cartoonist literally picks Shnitzel up and saves him from a deadly fall. Then he sets him down on a cloud and talks to him.
It's actually a common feature of the classic 'apprentice' system that the apprentice came to live with the master.
In the episode "The Deadly Maze", during Gumbo's flashback of when he quit being Mung's apprentice, Mung says "Well, we lost another one. Shintzel, get the apprentice catalog!"
Parental Bonus: So much. "But...where did you get the mayonnaise?"
Or this tidbit from when Panini ran for president of the student council.
Mung: Fireworks? She's using fireworks. Truffles: I'd completely forgotten fireworks even existed! * under breath* In my marriage. Whoa, who said that?
And then there's the sheer family-unfriendly bleakness of Gazpacho's one-liners...
Gazpacho (explaining why Chowder can't stay up past his bedtime): If there's one thing mother's taught me, it's to sleep as much as you can. That way you don't have to face the horrible reality of what your life's become.
Perspective Magic: Endive looks around the same size at all times, but whenever any character climbs on her they're suddenly tiny as a joke on her size.
Screwed by the Network: During the first season, the airing of new episodes was frequently delayed, and recent new "episodes" are just one 15-minute segment where the other is a rerun (or a previous new episode).
And, depending on the time of day and your native country, how the CN logo often didn't actually show up in the correct corner during the "Don't write there!" gag until a permanent one was drawn into the episode.
Screw the Rules, I Make Them!: The Cinnimini monster's rule 87, stating that Mung and Chowder cannot leave until beating him, and he cheats constantly in all but the first game.
And of course, he then refuses to let them leave even when Truffles actually manages to win
Mung: "This is home now, Chowder. This is home.
Sequential Symptom Syndrome: Chowder experiences the effects of eating a raw Puckerberry as Mung lists them.
Simultaneous Arcs: "The Wrong Address/The Wrong Customer": During "The Wrong Address" Chowder and Mung see a seemingly insignificant police chase and go about their business. At the end they return home to find it destroyed and Truffles being arrested. In "The Wrong Customer" we find out that the police were chasing an old, blind, and (apparently) dangerous owl, who causes Mung's place to be destroyed. Truffles being arrested is a seperate but somewhat related matter.
Left the Background Music On: Adding to the general feel of the show. In one episode, Endive tells Margarine to "cut the music". Cue boombox being cut in half with a ridiculously-sized pair of scissors.
Spell My Name with an S: There is no "C" in Shnitzel, and "radda" has two D's in it. The closed captioning alone manages to get both of these wrong quite often, but it was most egregious when Cartoon Network made a "Rada-pendence day" [sic] special of Chowder episodes for Independence Day.
Lampshaded in "A Little Bit of Pizzazz" where Panini goes after Chowder- really Daal in the chubby body after the Freaky Friday Flip cooking accident- and gets brushed off by him in an eating binge. She makes a comment to the effect of "I need a new obsession."
Status Quo Is God: Parodied in "The Toots" when Gorgonzola's wealth vanishes instantly once Chowder retires from music.
Stealth Pun: The woman who is Gazpacho's mother Gazpacho in "The Spookiest House In Marzipan" says "I could just eat you up!" to Gorgonzola when she answers the door and sees him. I later remembered that all the characters, including Gorgonzola, are named after food, which you're supposed to eat.
In "Sheboodles", the cast holds an 1980s-themed costume party. Gazpacho (voiced by Dana Snyder) dresses as Dee Snyder.
At first it may seem like just a minor joke that the days of the week are named after numbers (ie: Threesday, Foursday, Fivesday), but it's actually a joke based on how many people pronounce "Tuesday" as "Twosday."
Take That: "Gazpacho? Why are you dressed like a big nerd?"
The Tape Knew You Would Say That: Gazpacho's recording in "Chowder Grows Up". It even says "Wait! I'm still talking!" when Mung closes the shutter while it is still playing.
Technician Versus Performer: Endive is the Baker/Technician and Mung Daal is the Cook/Performer. Many episodes, however, show that they're both equally competent, just different in their style and temperaments.
Theme Naming: Most of the characters and things in the show are named after food.
Similarly, all the members of the Marzipan police are named after sandwiches.
Theme Tune Cameo: One episode had Shnitzel being forced to confront his mysterious past. As punishment, he (literally) faced the music by having them sing the show's theme song. Chowder hummed along while Shnitzel begged them to stop.
Throw the Book at Them: In "The Poultry Geist", Mung attempts to drive out the spirit possessing Chowder by using a copy of the Snackronomicon. He does this by whacking Chowder with the book.
Time Skip: It's done during the finale's musical number. As in Chowder holds a note for twenty years.
Token Minority: Chestnut... and his dining room table, living room sofa, and vacation home, just to name a few.
Too Dumb to Live: Chowder. We're talking about a guy who thought spoons belong in electrical outlets.
Also Mr. Fugu, who tried to eat a vine covered in spikes. Eating anything covered in spikes is normally bad, but it's especially bad for an anthropomorphized balloon like Mr. Fugu.
Vocal Evolution: An entire episode is devoted to Truffles' voice changing, to the point that nobody takes her seriously anymore because her voice is too sweet and gentle.
Chowder and Panini sound noticeably older in the later episodes, as their voice actors were respectively 11 and 13 when the series started.
Mung's voice became deeper around the end of the first season.
Your Size May Vary: Endive, who changes size from episode to episode and sometimes even within the same episode.
At one point Chowder has to climb up her back to get something and she's the size of a mountain. When she realizes Chowder is there she freaks out and begins jumping around in an attempt to get him off, at which point she's a bit taller than Shnitzel. Her size is dependent on what the story needs.